Tag: Wiki

What is a Wiki?
A wiki is a website made up of wiki pages, which can be quickly created with little or no experience with web design or programming. A wiki allows users to arrange content on the page, similar to a traditional website. Posting information to a wiki is comparable to using a word processing application, which makes it relatively easy to use. This allows users to quickly incorporate text, hyperlinks, images and video. Wikis offer more flexibility in the layout of the content as compared to a blog.

A wiki is commonly used as a collaborative workspace. Multiple users can view and/or modify a wiki, which makes it a popular tool for students working on a project or as a place to gather information images, videos, etc. A wiki can make it easier for students to collaborate since they do not have to e-mail documents back and forth.

Wikis offer a discussion feature where students can discuss the contents of each page in the wiki. Wikis also have a history feature, which allows you to track who has contributed to the wiki. This helps to determine which students are contributing to the wiki. Wikis also support versioning, which allows a user to view and rollback to a previous version of a wiki page.
How to Choose Wiki Services
There are many free third party wiki services available for use on the web. Below are three popular services that have different tools to setup and deliver a wiki. Even though a paid wiki service will have more features and omit ads, the free services are still very powerful. The viewing and/or modifying of a wiki can be public or private depending on the wiki service.

Description The case method group activity is an instructional design strategy that involves faculty members providing one or more case studies to which groups of students respond. The case(s) could be a real-life case or simulation. It could be description of key concept(s) applied, a story or scenario, an actual case study, a problem or …

Description A Wiki is a website that offers the capability for users to easily create and edit pages collaboratively. As such the Wiki technology has the potential to facilitate and enhance online collaboration and provides Higher Education with new prospects for collaboration, knowledge creation and student interaction. The main feature of a Wiki is the …

Description As we look at wikis in higher education, we can see several possible strategies – informal, formal, and using wikis as a topical resource. The video below highlights UCF faculty and student’s experience using a wiki in the classroom: https://vimeo.com/cdlvideo/review/114565907/4ed9459cb3 Wikis can be used for group projects to foster collaboration and organize content. Instructor …

Description A social networking service (SNS) is an online site that focuses on building social relations among people. Through social networking services, such as Facebook and Twitter, people or groups can share ideas, activities, events, and interests within their networks. Besides communicating with family and friends, SNSs can be used to interact with students and …

Description While PowerPoint presentations can be effective when used as a visual aid to support the messages presented face-to-face, they are typically not as effective when viewed in a fully online environment where the instructor is absent. It is difficult to include enough context to the slides without adding excessive text (Shank, 2012). Converting the …